[dba-Tech] Accessing databases anywhere

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Mar 22 16:53:35 CDT 2010


Oh Puhleease!

How can you use the words "Microsoft" and "standard" in the same sentence with a straight 
face?

Name one "standard" that Microsoft have ever created!

They have always *created* propietary protocols.

Whenever they have *adopted* a standard protocol they have "expanded and enhanced" it 
so it within theri own bits and pieces so that it ceases to be a real standard.

<quote>
At its Mix conference this week, Microsoft touted an interface called the Open Data Protocol, 
or OData. Specifically, the company announced an OData software developer kit to let 
programmers more easily use it and said it wants to standardize OData. 
</quote>

Looks like they just want to take control how OData evolves.   See http://www.odata.org


-- 
Stuart


On 22 Mar 2010 at 9:11, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Microsoft is working to create another standard protocol and this protocol
> will give developers (and eventually power users) easy access to data, from
> any database, over the internet...
> 
> I do not know why a specific protocol is needed if it will just create
> another Asynchronous standard like XML or AJAX but I am sure I am missing
> something. If on the other hand this is a synchronous standard, I would be
> amazed. Tight binding of the BE and FE is a dead, especially over the
> unstable internet and it limited band-width... or maybe it is a streaming
> data format?
> 
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000783-264.html
> 
> Maybe one of you other very bright guys can check further as I am in a
> client's office and may be pulled away at any time. ;-)
> 
> Jim    
> 
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